The reading for Du Bois was much more accessible than the other three readings we had for this class. Du Bois’s main target was racism. The chapters in the book started off with a song, which I skipped over because I thought that they were not important. However after class, it made sense to me why he had lyrics of songs during the beginning of every chapter. I believe the showed the rational and cultural equality between a both white and black cultures.

In the forethought where Du Bois talks about how he has stepped within the veil, I thought that was pretty strong line. The veil meaning, you can see everything out of the veil but cannot see within the veil. One of the biggest concepts that Du Bois talks about in the book is the double consciousness. During that time period African Americans struggled the “multifaceted conception of self”, which is known as the double consciousness (looking at one’s self through the eyes of others).

Du Bois talks about how the blacks in the south should have the same equal rights as the whites, more over they should be treated with justice and equality. I think Du Bois did a pretty good job with his book, it was a easy read, and it was easy to understand. The choice of his words was really powerful in my eyes. Overall I like Du Bois and his writing and his thoughts.

This news article talks about the proletariat and bourgeoisie. Bourgeoisie is the tools that allow us to produce things. Proletariat is the selling of labor power. There is a lot of debates about the thoughts of Marx in this article.

This video talks about the Manifesto. The professor talks about Marx’s Criticism of capitalism and the evolving of socialism/communism through the fierce revolution. He also talks about the labor theory of value during the 1848. The professor explains about minimum wage and goes in depth talking about the working environment.